Tag: #childofgod

God Speaks – Hear The Word of God

The Wisdom of the Proverbs:

Proverbs 22:17-19 (NLT)

17  Listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my instruction.

18  For it is good to keep these sayings in your heart and always ready on your lips.

19  I am teaching you today—yes, you— so you will trust in the LORD.

The Encouragement of the Psalms:

Psalm 46:1-3 (NLT)

1 God is our refuge and strength, always ready to help in times of trouble.

2  So we will not fear when earthquakes come and the mountains crumble into the sea.

3  Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge! Interlude

The Hope of the Old Testament:

Job 40:6-9 (NLT)

6  Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind:

7  “Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.

8  “Will you discredit my justice and condemn me just to prove you are right?

9  Are you as strong as God? Can you thunder with a voice like his?

Job 42:4-6 (NLT)

4  You said, ‘Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.’

5  I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

6  I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”

The Gospel Message:

2 Corinthians 6:1-2 (NLT)

1  As God’s partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it.

2  For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the “right time” is now. Today is the day of salvation.

Observation:

My prayer for you today is that, by faith in God, you will be able to say what Job said after all the suffering he had in his life.

Job 19:25-27 (NLT)

25  “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last.

26  And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God!

27  I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!

Prayer:

Father, help us never to forget that You are God and that we are not. Father, we praise and thank You that You know our frame, and You remember that You made us out of dirt because You said it in the Bible.

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1 Samuel 3:10 (NLT)
10  And the LORD came and called as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel replied, “Speak, your servant is listening.”

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How Are You Doing?

 

Text:

Romans 8:12-14 (NLT)

12  Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do.

13  For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live.

14  For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

Romans 8:16-17 (HCSB)

16  The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,

17  and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and coheirs with Christ—seeing that we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

Observation:

How many times have you been asked the question posed in today’s title? I have been asked more times than I can count. Often the question stumps me, and I mumble something socially acceptable.

However, today’s passage gives me a better answer to that question because it describes how the Lord sees the condition of His people. What could be a better answer than, “I am a child of God”.

How do you know you are a child of God? The bible answers that question also in this verse:

Romans 8:16 (HCSB)

16  The Spirit Himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children,

When you are a child of God you are able to say what the Apostle Paul said in his letter to the Church at Galatia.

Galatians 2:20 (KJV)

20  I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Prayer:

Father God, Abba Father, my dear Father, I am so thankful for the provisions that you made in Christ for me to be called a child of God.

Father, there is no place that I would rather be then to be in Christ, and to have the witness of the Holy Spirit testifying together with my spirit that I am a child of God.

If anybody ask you how I am doing, you can tell them that I am redeemed; that I am the child of the King of kings, and Lord of lords. I’m so grateful to lift up His name, and to call upon Him in prayer. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.

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Isaiah 55:11 (KJV) 
11  So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

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